them for patrol inside the facility, and we use them for crowd control and used for situations in open areas. >> they are called aggression dogs, and they live and train at the prison. >> what i need each one of you guys to do is get -- one of you get in front of each one of the dogs and i want you to keep two to three feet distance in front of the dog. i want you to flail your arms, get really high voice, high pitched, as high as you can, and just keep agitating the dogs. >> this training exercise helps the younger dogs build confidence as they imitate the behavior of the more mature dogs. >> we utilize the aggression dogs for protection of staff and offenders. >> release the dog! release the dog! >> if you see any chance of serious bodily injury occurring or death, then we utilize the dogs to protect them. we've never actually had to release the dog in our facility but just sometimes the mere presence with the dogs in the yard, a fight is ready to break out and the dogs in the yard, it may also deescalate the violence. >> while the dogs are used to respond to a threat, prison gangs a